Chapter 28 Chapter Twelve

sister in law.Brother and aunt stood in the yard and said numbly, I'm here to apologize. Wang Renmei's urn was placed on a square table in the middle of the hall.On the square table was a white bowl filled with wheat, and three sticks of incense were inserted in the bowl.Cigarette smoke.I was wearing a military uniform and a black veil on my arm, and I was sitting at the table with my daughter in my arms.Dressed in heavy filial piety, the daughter raised her face from time to time and asked me: Dad, what is in the box? I was speechless, and tears flowed into my shaggy beard. Dad, where is my mother? Where is my mother? Your mother has gone to Beijing... I said, in a few days, we will go to Beijing to find her...

Are grandparents going too? Go, all go. Father and mother were sawing in the yard, breaking down a willow plank.The planks were tied obliquely to a bench, the father was standing, the mother was sitting, going up and down, back and forth, the saw made a "chih-chih-chih-chih" sound, and the sawdust scattered in the sunlight. I know that my parents broke down the planks to make a coffin for Wang Renmei.Although cremation has been practiced there, the government has not set up a place to put urns, and people still have to bury the ashes and pile up a grave.Those from a good family will make a coffin, pour the ashes on top, and smash the urn; those from a poor family will bury the urn directly.

I saw my aunt standing with her head bowed.I saw the sad faces of my father and mother, and saw their repetitive movements mechanically.I saw the commune secretary, the little lion, and three commune cadres who came with my aunt, and they piled up some colorful snack boxes by the well platform.Next to the snack box was a wet cattail bag, exuding a salty smell, and I knew it was a bag of salted fish. Unexpectedly, such a thing happened. The secretary of the commune said that the expert team of the county hospital came to appraise it. Director Wan and the others followed the operation procedures completely, without any mistakes, and the rescue measures were correct. Doctor Wan even drew 600cc of his own blood for She lost, we feel very sorry about this, very sad...

Don’t you have eyes? My father was suddenly furious, and he reprimanded his mother. Isn’t there an ink line? The saw edge was half an inch off, and you still can’t see it. What else can you do? house went. The father dropped the saw, bowed his waist and walked to the water urn, picked up the water ladle, and poured water on his neck.The cold water flowed down his chin and neck to his chest, mixing with the golden sawdust.After drinking the water, my father walked back, picked up the saw by himself, and sawed violently. The commune secretary and several cadres entered the hall, and bowed deeply three times to Wang Renmei's urn.

A cadre puts a brown paper envelope on the pot table. The secretary said: Comrade Wanzu, we know that no amount of money can make up for the huge loss caused by this unfortunate incident to your family. The 5,000 yuan is a token of our condolences. A person who looked like a secretary said: The public house gave three thousand, and the remaining two thousand was paid by Secretary Wu and several leaders of the commune. Take it, I said, please take it, we don't need it. We understand your feelings, the secretary said sadly, the dead cannot be resurrected, and the living must continue the revolution.The secretary said that director Yang called from Beijing, first to express her condolences to Xiao Wang, second, to express condolences to the family of the deceased, and third, to ask me to tell you that your vacation will be extended for half a month to finish the funeral affairs of the deceased , Arrange the housework before going back.

Thanks, I said, you can go now. The secretary and others bowed to the urn again, then walked out of the room with a bent waist. I looked at their legs, at their fat or thin buttocks, and the tears came again. A woman's howling and a man's shouting came from the alley, and I knew that my father-in-law and mother-in-law were here. The father-in-law held a wooden branch used to turn the field and yelled: You bastards, you pay my daughter! The mother-in-law waved her arms and moved her little feet, as if she was about to pounce on my aunt, but she fell first.She sat on the ground, slapped her hands on the ground and howled: My poor daughter... why did you just leave... you left, how can we live without us...

The secretary of the commune stepped forward and said: Grandpa and aunt, we are going to your house. This is an unfortunate incident, and we are very sad... The father-in-law pounded the ground with a power pole and yelled manically: Wan Xiaopao, you bastard, come out! I walked up to my father-in-law with my daughter in my arms.My daughter hugged my neck tightly and hid her face next to my cheek. Dad...I stood in front of him and said: Hit me... The father-in-law raised the wooden weight high, but his hand froze in the air.I watched the tears dripping on his gray beard, my legs softened, and I knelt on the ground.

What a great living person... Father-in-law threw down the wooden branch, cried hehehe, squatted on the ground, and said: What a living person, just like this let you be harmed...you have committed evil...you are not afraid Damn it... My aunt stepped forward, stood between my father-in-law and mother-in-law, lowered her head and said: Brother and sister-in-law of the Wang family, you can't blame Paoer for this, but me. ——My aunt raised her face—blame my lack of sense of responsibility, and didn’t come to conduct a timely survey on the placement of birth control rings for women of childbearing age. Operation.Now—Auntie looked at the secretary of the commune—I waited for my superiors to deal with it.

The conclusion has already been reached, the secretary said, grandpa and aunt, we will study the issue of pensions for the two of you when we go back, but Dr. Wan is not wrong. , the result is the same.In addition - the secretary announced loudly to the people who crowded into the courtyard and the alleys: Family planning is a fundamental national policy, and the policy must not be changed just because of an accidental incident.Those who have illegal pregnancies still have to do artificial abortion automatically; those who try to have illegal pregnancies and those who destroy family planning will be severely punished! I will destroy you too——My mother-in-law screamed madly I took out a pair of scissors and stabbed my aunt's thigh.

The aunt stretched out her hand to cover the wound.Blood flowed from her fingers. Several commune officials rushed forward, pinned my mother-in-law to the ground, and snatched the scissors from her hands. The little lion knelt beside his aunt, opened the medicine box, took out a bandage, and tied the wound tightly. The secretary of the commune said: Hurry up and call an ambulance! No need! My aunt said, Sister-in-law of the Wang family, I smoked 600CC for your daughter. Now, you stabbed me again, and we paid off the blood debt with blood. As soon as my aunt moved, blood seeped out of the bandage.

The secretary of the commune roared angrily: "Old woman, you are too disgraceful! If something happens to Director Wan, you will be legally responsible! My mother-in-law was probably a little scared when she saw my aunt's leg covered in blood. She patted the ground and cried again." stand up. Don't be afraid, sister-in-law of the Wang family, my aunt said, even if I die of tetanus, you don't have to be responsible.My aunt said, I want to thank you, your scissors let me let go of my burden and strengthen my faith. ——Auntie said to the spectators—please inform Chen Bi and Wang Dan, and let them come to the hospital to find me, otherwise——Auntie waved her bloody hand and said—she would just go to the grave of the dead inside.I'm taking her out too!